What's up guys! Thanx to everyone for the help on installing my K&N Open Air Element. I have a simple question though. The small rubber hose that was connected to the breather inside the stock snorkel......Ok, when u put the open element, that hose just stays to the side with the stock breather right? In my case, i bought a K&N Breather for it, but that's how it goes right? THanx for the help!

Eric
92 Firebird

 

Yeah, I saved my breather tube for smog time, but I'm currently using a K&N shielded breather in that spot, while my open element is on.
-Rich-

 

Hey what was the part number on the breather u guys bought for that? Thanks.

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Eric Natzke
91 Firebird 305 TBI
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I don't know the part number, but just take the breather u have now to the parts store, and compare the K&N breather, mine was not an exact fit, it was a little lose, enough lose that it could've fallen off, so i had to buy a clamp, works great! It looks slick too, cuz it's chromed out, and it lies right next to the open element chrome cover. NICE!

 

Y not just get a chrome plug=in breather ($5)? Looks cool, stays out of the way, back on the valve cover... u might have to find a performance shop, tho - the size (1"?) of the plug-in breather/grommet needed on our valve covers wasn't the size that my local parts stores stocked...

My impression of the stock breather (correct me if I'm wrong) is that it allows oil fumes into the intake (the oil thats atomized enought to make it through the breather filter and air filter, at least) and this gets combusted in the engine.

If you just let the stock breather sit out too long, the crappy little filter pad could loosen and then you get oily residue all over the engine area?

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Joel Geerling
Red 91 Formula, 305 TBI
Edelbrock 14x3 open element
TBI 1/2" spacer
Hypertech street chip
Crank/Alt Pulleys
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Exhaust is next!

 

just measure the breather tube. I think its .75" I got a $4 chrome breater to put in its place. I never messed with the rubber gromet it came with. I just put the new breater in the stock place.

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-Tas
'89 Formula WS-6

305, TBI, 700R4, P.A.W. 14x3 open element with K&N, Milodon 160* thermo, functional Formula hood, cross-flow Flowmaster, '99z28 rear pipes and tips, Hooker 1-5/8" 50 state legal headers, Dynomax 3" I pipe (PN 44063 and 43248)
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[This message has been edited by Tas (edited November 13, 2001).]

 

oops delete me

[This message has been edited by Tas (edited November 13, 2001).]

 

I put a breather on a while back and I am getting this oil smell in the car.


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One Tight Teal green 91 RS (my first car
All Rustangs suck!!!!
5.0 TBI with Auto trans
Z-28 wheels
K&n with dual snorkel intake
Tx Smog Pump Delete option
Valve cover breather
Rapid Fire plugs with Accel ignition wires,coil,cap and rotor
Flowtech headers with flowmaster and Half way cutout
B&M shift kit with trans cooler and hurst hotshift fulid
Hypertech thermomaster chip
96 LT1 cam with
New liffters and timing chain
All the free TBI mods

 

atomized oil floating around the engine bay, huh?

 

Yup, its a very nasty smell and i hate it
Ever since I put a breather and took the rear seal of the hood.